Stardust

Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. Eighteen (Chapter 1)

2. The Seventh Magpie (Chapter 1)

3. A kiss (Chapter 1)

4. A kitten (Chapter 2)

5. Mrs. Cherry (Chapter 2)

6. His glass snowdrop (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Bridget is Victoria’s mother. (Chapter 2)

2. The guards are instructed to call everyone in the village for help. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 3-5

Reading Check

1. Eight (Chapter 3)

2. Topaz (Chapter 3)

3. Mushrooms (Chapter 4)

4. Tertius (Chapter 4)

5. A crown (Chapter 5)

6. Ditchwater Sal (Chapter 5)

7. Limbus grass (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. The Lilim draw lots by blind-choosing animal organs. (Chapter 3)

2. Tristran leads them out safely with his locating ability. (Chapter 4)

3. Tristran unties Yvaine while he goes for supplies, and she escapes. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 6-8

Reading Check

1. One of her leaves (Chapter 6)

2. Obsidian (Chapter 6)

3. The Sign of the Chariot (Chapter 7)

4. Perdita (Chapter 8)

5. The Merchant of Venice (Chapter 8)

6. The glass snowdrop (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. She helps him because he untied Yvaine of his own will. (Chapter 6)

2. The unicorn reveals that the drink offered to him was poisoned. (Chapter 7)

3. The laws of her kind dictate that they are now responsible for each other and must stay together always. (Chapter 8)

Chapter 9-10 and Epilogue

Reading Check

1. A poisoned serpent (Chapter 9)

2. A daffodil (Chapter 9)

3. The color of her eyes (Chapter 9)

4. His sister Louisa (Chapter 10)

5. Three elephants (Epilogue)

6. The Eagles of the High Crags (Epilogue)

Short Answer

1. The witch-queen cursed Madame Semele so that she couldn’t see, hear, or perceive the star. (Chapter 9)

2. She offers to keep her promise and marry him, even though she loves someone else. (Chapter 10)

3. She thinks that Victoria and Tristran are getting married. (Chapter 10)